In Pool B, Artacho Mariafe and Ngauamo Jessyka of Australia 1 continued their run with a hard fought match against Khantarak Kija and Laosaengsa Ariya from Thailand 2 and took 49 minutes to rally from the first set loss, beating the Thais 2-1 (18-21, 21-17, 15-7).

Urata Keiko and Suzuki Chiyo of Japan 1 beat Tilley and Shaunna Polley from New Zealand 2-0 (21-17, 21-14). The win placed the Japanese women second in Pool C, after Jin Jieqiong and Miao Chenchen of China one, who completed their pool matches with perfect record on Thursday.

Later, in the first round of the elimination phase in which the four pool leaders have a bye, host teams were all knocked out, with Vietnam1’s Phan Thi Cam Hong and Huynh Do Hong Loan beaten by Australia 2 Mowen Jordan and Mowen Justine 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) and Vietnam2’s Tran Cam Thi and Mai Thi Koa losing to Urata Keiko and Suzuki Chiyo of Japan 1, 2-1 (21-19, 19-21, 15-9)